Authors: Lee Smith
The Devil's Dream (47 page)
As I worked on this book, I was especially inspired by the music of Jean Ritchie; the novels
The Heart of the Country
by Bland Simpson and
Ruby Red
by William Price Fox; the music of the Red Clay Ramblers of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and ballad singer Sheila Barnhill's tales about growing up in Sodom, North Carolina.
The Heart of the Country
by Bland Simpson and
Ruby Red
by William Price Fox; the music of the Red Clay Ramblers of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and ballad singer Sheila Barnhill's tales about growing up in Sodom, North Carolina.
The author gratefully acknowledges permission to quote from the following:
“The Bad Girl” (no. 97) from Alan Lomax,
The Folk Songs of North America
(Doubleday, 1960).
The Folk Songs of North America
(Doubleday, 1960).
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“I've Been Gatherin' Flowers in the Meadow,” “The Muskrat Song,” and “The Old Ship of Zion” from Emma Bell Miles,
The Spirit of the Mountains
(University of Tennessee Press, 1975; originally published 1905).
The Spirit of the Mountains
(University of Tennessee Press, 1975; originally published 1905).
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“Churning Song,” “The Cuckoo She's a Pretty Bird,” “Goin to See My Truelove” (“Jenny Get Around”), and “Horsey Song” by Jean Ritchie. Copyright 1955 Jean Ritchie, Geordie Music Publishing Co. ASCAP.
“Goin to Boston” by Jean Ritchie. Copyright 1940, 1964 Jean Ritchie, Geordie Music Publishing Co. ASCAP.
“I Wonder When I Shall Be Married” by Jean Ritchie. Copyright 1946, 1965 Jean Ritchie, Geordie Music Publishing Co. ASCAP. “Riddle Song” by Jean Ritchie. Copyright 1940, 1965 Jean Ritchie, Geordie Music Publishing Co. ASCAP.
Note
: These songs are all Ritchie family variants of traditional songs of Appalachia, with additions and changes made by the Ritchies during their stewardship over the generations. These variants were copyrighted by Jean Ritchie in her name on behalf of the family.
: These songs are all Ritchie family variants of traditional songs of Appalachia, with additions and changes made by the Ritchies during their stewardship over the generations. These variants were copyrighted by Jean Ritchie in her name on behalf of the family.
“Bright Morning Stars,” as arranged and adapted by Tony and Irene Saletan Copyright 1970 Hillgreen Music (BMI).
And thanks her friends:
Retha Danvers, for the lyrics of “Shoes”
Annie Dillard, for the song title “Two Lefts Don't Make a Right”
Susan Ketchin, for the song titles “You Made My Day Last Night” and “What Happened to the Good in the Good Old Boys?”
Rita Quillen, for the song title “If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me, Your Memory Will”
About the Author
Lee Smith
is the author of fifteen works of fiction including
Oral History, Fair and Tender Ladies,
and her recent
Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger
. She has received many awards including the North Carolina Award for Literature and an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; her novel
The Last Girls
was a
New York Times
bestseller as well as winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. She lives in North Carolina.
is the author of fifteen works of fiction including
Oral History, Fair and Tender Ladies,
and her recent
Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger
. She has received many awards including the North Carolina Award for Literature and an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; her novel
The Last Girls
was a
New York Times
bestseller as well as winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. She lives in North Carolina.
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